Railroad Performance Measures   



Canadian Pacific
Weekly Performance Report

PLEASE NOTE: Effective October 30, 2008, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) acquired operational control of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E) and its subsidiary Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE). Effective week ending October 16th, 2009 (Week 41), DM&E data was consolidated into Total Cars Online. Effective week ending January 8th, 2010 (Week 01), Train Speed and Terminal Dwell were also consolidated.

All seven railroads use the same definitions to calculate their performance data,ensuring a high degree of consistency of the measurements. However, these measures are most useful for examining trends and relative changes, and least useful as absolutes.

The level of one railroad’s performance relative to another’s may differ sharply because each railroad is unique. Differences between railroads include terrain, physical routes and network design, traffic mix and volume, the extent of passenger operations, and operational practices. External factors such as weather and port operations can also cause variations between railroads and over time.In addition,individual differences in the collection and reporting of operational data may affect the absolute level of the measures on each road to some degree.
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 Historical Average Week Ending
3Q09 Jul-10  08/06/10 08/13/10 08/20/10 08/27/10 
RevisionsR      
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 34,804 38,364  37,010 36,902 36,047 35,800 
Foreign RR 10,702 11,116  11,018 10,656 10,550 10,893 
Private 38,282 46,382  46,099 46,790 46,453 46,197 
Total 83,788 95,862  94,127 94,348 93,050 92,890 
Pct. Private 45.7 48.4  49.0 49.6 49.9 49.7 
By Car Type
Box 5,176 5,316  5,124 5,019 5,059 4,933 
Covered Hopper 37,374 43,013  42,141 42,034 41,656 41,505 
Gondola 4,180 5,965  6,019 6,051 5,782 5,801 
Intermodal 7,599 7,408  7,278 7,245 7,176 7,132 
Multilevel 4,295 4,415  3,957 3,795 3,587 3,785 
Open Hopper 7,384 8,032  7,908 8,129 7,726 7,772 
Tank 13,434 17,064  17,334 17,698 17,697 17,575 
Other 4,346 4,649  4,366 4,377 4,367 4,387 
Total 83,788 95,862  94,127 94,348 93,050 92,890 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 27.9 28.8  29.4 27.7 28.3 29.3 
Manifest 26.0 20.3  21.2 20.1 22.7 20.6 
Multilevel 21.7 21.7  22.4 29.4 26.4 21.0 
Coal Unit 23.2 21.9  22.6 22.6 22.5 22.5 
Grain Unit 24.3 21.6  22.9 21.1 21.9 22.6 
All Trains 25.7 22.9  23.7 22.3 22.7 23.3 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Calgary, AB 28.6 29.6  27.0 32.2 31.4 31.2 
Chicago, IL 21.9 21.7  21.9 20.0 19.2 20.3 
Milwaukee, WI 17.9 23.0  21.1 20.6 21.6 19.4 
Montreal, PQ 20.0 22.7  17.9 19.5 18.1 15.9 
Moose Jaw, SK 18.1 18.3  16.2 19.4 18.6 16.4 
St. Paul, MN 19.6 17.1  18.7 15.7 18.3 18.6 
Thunder Bay, ON 10.5 10.0  9.4 9.1 8.0 8.4 
Toronto, ON 44.0 31.8  34.5 31.4 31.6 35.9 
Vancouver, BC 18.1 18.2  10.9 14.9 14.7 13.7 
Winnipeg, MB 24.6 25.8  21.4 26.2 26.9 24.1 
Entire Railroad 20.7 19.8  19.1 19.5 19.4 19.0 
When reviewing the above data, please refer to the specific definitions by this carrier to understand the measurements being provided.
R = Revised Figure(s) reported for this week 
- = Not Available
©1999-2010 Canadian Pacific , all rights reserved. May not be reproduced or republished without permission. Train Speed and Terminal Dwell statistics are produced and maintained by CP; Cars on Line data are produced by Railinc and maintained by the AAR.